Polymerase chain reaction based detection of fungi in infected corneas

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 755-760

  Gaudio, P A ^a,c   Gopinathan, U ^b   Sangwan, V ^b   Hughes, Thomas E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Proctor Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATITIS; MYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT;

CANDIDA; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036298660     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.7.755     Document Type: Article

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